Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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In 1901 the population was thus distributed, as given by the Registrar
General:—
TABLE I.
Wards. | Houses. | Population. | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Inhabited. | Uninhabited. | Building | Male. | Female. | Total. | ||
In occupation. | Not in occupation. | ||||||
St. James Street | 3,748 | 41 | 148 | 10 | 11,391 | 11,373 | 22,764 |
High Street | 3,086 | 38 | 96 | 40 | 9,811 | 9,687 | 19,498 |
Hoe Street | 3,808 | 34 | 242 | 59 | 9,975 | 11,124 | 21,099 |
Wood Street | 2,540 | 29 | 147 | 62 | 7,381 | 7,827 | 15,208 |
Northern | 2,901 | 10 | 466 | 254 | 8,274 | 8,278 | 16,552 |
Totals | 16,083 | 152 | 1,099 425 | 46,832 | 48,289 95,121 |
During the year under review, 1902, plans for houses to the following
extent were passed, necessitating the laying out of 22 new streets :—
St. James St. High St. Hoe St. Wood St. Northern Ward Total.
66 38 252 124 706 1,186
Assuming that half of these houses were completed at the mid-year,
we form the following Table II. :—
TABLE II.
Ward. | Houses fit for Occupation. | Uninhabited (Census 1901.) | Occupied Mid-Year. | Average Number per house. | Population. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
James Street | 3,980 | 1 in 21 | 3,790 | 60 | 22,740 |
High Street | 3,279 | 1 in 24 | 3,142 | 63 | 19,794 |
Hoe Street | 4,269 | 1 in 15 | 3.985 | 5'5 | 21,917 |
Wood Street | 2,840 | 1 in 15 | 2,652 | 6.0 | 15,912 |
Northern | 3,984 | 1 in 7 | 3,652 | 5.7 | 20.816 |
assumed | |||||
1 in 12 | |||||
18,352 | 1 in 17'4 | 17,221 | 5.9 | 101,179 |
The number of houses occupied is arrived at by assuming the same
proportion is empty in the various wards, as at the Census of 1901,
excepting the Northern Ward, which I assume to have 1 empty in 12 ;
whereas at the Census, 1 in 7 was empty.